Torulopsis Glabrata Fungemia As a Complication of a Clotted Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt

Overview

Journal Liver Transpl Surg

Specialties Gastroenterology
General Surgery

Date 1998 Feb 11

PMID 9457972

Citations 4

Authors

P Darwin

W Mergner

P Thuluvath

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Abstract

Torulopsis glabrata fungemia developed in a patient with a clotted transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) 11 months after placement. Fungemia persisted despite treatment with amphotericin B. On autopsy, T. glabrata was found in the thrombus occluding the TIPS and extending into the splenic and portal vein. TIPS infections may be considered in patients with fungemia.

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